Apart from stormy weather conditions, capturing, hauling and stowing fresh live bait was just about the most complicated giant tuna obstacle for my crew last season. I am happy to say that to date this fall, the news on the live bait fishing front is far more encouraging.
Last weekend I trailered the Miss Loretta all the way down Cape to Lewis Bay, south of the Hyannis Marina. My fishing colleague had put together a pogie and bluefish run in Lewis earlier in the week, and found many ideal size bluefish hunting 5 in. juvenile pogies. Our expectations had been set high for a successful bait excursion.
I was happy to find that, the open public boat ramp at Lewis Bay is magnificent. It's a concrete ramp, with a perfectly conditioned newly constructed dock in addition to a great deal of open area to operate a pickup and trailers. Moreover, there was no service fee. I am betting free of cost entry was in fact a post-Labor Day miracle, and most likely isn't the norm at Lewis Bay. Anyway, I'm not complaining!
Promptly after searching all-around we located the biomass of blues stacked up in 7-18 ft of h2o. The pods of snapper and rat blues relocated up and down the channel edge, but there ended up being so many of them, to the point that when we lost track of them, it did not take long for us to zone back in. The fastest action took place as soon as the current started moving in. The fishing slowed down very quickly as soon as the tide started to come to a halt, at just about noon time.
We put up with a large amount of 4-8 inch bluefish which are just too small to use as giant tuna bait. Even so, for virtually every dozen unersize blues we hooked, we caught one longer blue-suitable for flying under the kite. It was evident that that anytime we found a tight school of small bunker, there were bigger blues in the 12-18 inch range underneath them.
Best lure for the very tiny bluefish was a gold 1in. Kastmaster. This small metal lure casts extremely well on 6 pound line, and hooks the blues particularly well. Best lure for for the bigger blues was the 3in. floating, blue Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow.
I'm really hoping that this spot will end up infiltrated with juvenile bluefish over the next few weeks. It'd be amazing to maintain a solid location for tuna bait. Even if we've got to trek a fair distance to make it there.
Last weekend I trailered the Miss Loretta all the way down Cape to Lewis Bay, south of the Hyannis Marina. My fishing colleague had put together a pogie and bluefish run in Lewis earlier in the week, and found many ideal size bluefish hunting 5 in. juvenile pogies. Our expectations had been set high for a successful bait excursion.
I was happy to find that, the open public boat ramp at Lewis Bay is magnificent. It's a concrete ramp, with a perfectly conditioned newly constructed dock in addition to a great deal of open area to operate a pickup and trailers. Moreover, there was no service fee. I am betting free of cost entry was in fact a post-Labor Day miracle, and most likely isn't the norm at Lewis Bay. Anyway, I'm not complaining!
Promptly after searching all-around we located the biomass of blues stacked up in 7-18 ft of h2o. The pods of snapper and rat blues relocated up and down the channel edge, but there ended up being so many of them, to the point that when we lost track of them, it did not take long for us to zone back in. The fastest action took place as soon as the current started moving in. The fishing slowed down very quickly as soon as the tide started to come to a halt, at just about noon time.
We put up with a large amount of 4-8 inch bluefish which are just too small to use as giant tuna bait. Even so, for virtually every dozen unersize blues we hooked, we caught one longer blue-suitable for flying under the kite. It was evident that that anytime we found a tight school of small bunker, there were bigger blues in the 12-18 inch range underneath them.
Best lure for the very tiny bluefish was a gold 1in. Kastmaster. This small metal lure casts extremely well on 6 pound line, and hooks the blues particularly well. Best lure for for the bigger blues was the 3in. floating, blue Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow.
I'm really hoping that this spot will end up infiltrated with juvenile bluefish over the next few weeks. It'd be amazing to maintain a solid location for tuna bait. Even if we've got to trek a fair distance to make it there.
About the Author:
Captain Ryan Collins fishes for striped bass and Bluefin tuna off Cape Cod, MA. Visit his blog, myfishingcapecod.com for insider striped bass fishing techniques.
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